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Photo#916062
Brown Moth  - Thorybes pylades

Brown Moth - Thorybes pylades
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
May 3, 2014

Moved
Moved from Cloudywings.

Moved
Moved from Skippers.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

with that being said, check out the
Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)

Not a moth but a spreadwing skipper
which is a butterfly. Moths have rod like or complex feathery antennae whereas butterflies have antennae with clubs / knobs at the end. Note that skippers have a curved club.
This specimen appears to be a Northern cloudywing skipper. See http://bugguide.net/node/view/12861/bgimage

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